Forbes has highest profits in more than a decade, looks at deals
Forbes has had the highest profits at the company in more than a decade and is now looking at mergers and acquisitions, reports Sahil Patel of Digiday. Patel writes, “In an interview with Digiday, Forbes Media CEO Mike Federle declined to name a specific revenue figure but said overall revenues were up by more than 18 percent […]
Forbes names new staffers to oversee ForbesWomen, diversity coverage
Forbes magazine editor and chief content officer Randall Lane sent out the following announcement to the staff on Tuesday: All, First, I want to again congratulate everyone for a great year. We achieved record numbers across the board: digital traffic, print readership, social followers, event attendance and on and on. We produced more and greater in-depth journalism, […]
Herper of Forbes hired by STAT to cover medicine
Forbes senior editor Matthew Herper has been hired by STAT to cover medicine as a senior writer. He will start in January. Herper has been with Forbes for 18 years, covering science and medicine, from the Human Genome Project through Vioxx to the blossoming DNA technology changing the world today. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from […]
Forbes seeks four tech reporters in San Francisco
Forbes Media is expanding its coverage of technology and is looking for four reporters to join its technology and innovation team based in San Francisco. We’re seeking reporters to cover the marquee names in tech – including Amazon, Facebook and Google – as well as the entrepreneurs leading the next wave of companies that will […]
Forbes cuts ties with sports business columnist
Forbes magazine cut ties with a contributing columnist and sports economics professor last week after a dispute over his piece about WNBA player salaries. reports Jacob Bogage of The Washington Post. Bogage writes, “David Berri, an economics professor at Southern Utah University who studies gender and sports business and has written three books on the […]
Forbes names Sibley its chief sales officer
Forbes chief revenue officer Mark Howard sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Team – With the final two months of the year upon us, I want to take a moment to celebrate our recent successes and look ahead to the initiatives that will allow us to enter 2019 with continued momentum and confidence. Just […]
Forbes licenses its name to a crypto site
Forbes is partnering with NewCity Digital Ltd. to license its name to a new site focused on crypto markets called Forbes CryptoMarkets, reports Sara Guaglione of MediaPost. Guaglione writes, “Forbes CryptoMarkets — which launched in beta this morning — is also the result of a partnership with trade.io, a financial institution based on blockchain technology. […]
Forbes experiments with stories published to the blockchain
Business magazine Forbes is joining forces with Civil, a journalism blockchain network, to become the first major media company to experiment with publishing stories to the blockchain, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “Many publishers are skeptical of introducing blockchain technology into their supply chains, because it’s new and it’s difficult to understand. Forbes is sending […]
How a Forbes reporter calculates Trump’s wealth
Charlie Herman of WNYC interviewed Forbes reporter Dan Alexander about the business magazine’s reporting tactics used to determine President Donald Trump’s wealth. Forbes estimates that Trump’s net worth is $3.1 billion, down from $4.5 billion it estimates in 2015. The magazine drew on interviews with nearly 200 of the president’s colleagues, partners and industry observers […]
Forbes hires USA Today’s Mandaro to run SF bureau
USA Today tech and science editor Laura Mandaro has been hired by Forbes as assistant managing editor for technology and innovation, based in San Francisco, reports Sara Guaglione of Publisher’s Daily. Guaglione writes, “She will be responsible for hiring four additional writers to beef up Forbes’ coverage on tech and innovation. Mandaro will take on her new position October 29. “‘Every […]
